STAR TREK (2009) MOVIE REVIEW - The Movie Messenger

[AJoseph0007]

With so many different ways to time travel, Spock just accepts that Vulcan is destroyed and that is that. This is a major hole in the story. It's like, why don't you just sling shot around the sun, like in Star Trek 3 and stop all this from happening. Also, it is well established that in the 2900 there will be a time line police set up by star fleet. Their is no way in Hell they would let some dude go back in time and destroy VULCAN. IT MAKES NO SINCE!!!!

[StoneKnivesBearskins]

The movie is VERY flawed, but still enjoyable. I saw it when I was a very new fan, and before I'd even seen the original TV series, but I still saw lots of flaws.

The best part was the (SPOILER) appearance of our favorite Vulcan ever. <3 (END SPOILER)

Overall, it's more of a good sci-fi movie than a good Star Trek movie.

For any who want to know more fully what I'm talking about, ask me via message, and I'll send a reply.

[NOTHIN43]

Being a Star Trek fan, I thought that this Film was Gold! It had everything needed to attract a world wide Audience AND Star Trek fans. I found the story/script to be very entertaining and the special features and cinematic look to the film made my eye stay on the screen. Also I'm very happy of the choice of Actors. I'de never seen Zak Quinto on anything other than Heroes (great tv show by the way) and he's rised my opinion of his acting. Great Film!!

[Jaggling]

I don't consider myself 'hardcore' but I enjoyed most of most of the Star Trek stories up to this point, and found the consistency of theme and mood within them a major component to their enjoyabliity. In most 'reboot' attempts that I have encountered in the past I have found profound disappointment.

With that said, I found this addition to the storyline to be both intriguing and entertaining. If there is one problem it was Spock was so well portrayed, that it left Kirk looking a bit bland.

[Rith9789]

Only thing that was stupid about this movie was "Red Matter."

Unless I missed that episode.

Otherwise the movie was Spectacular.

[Nahannii]

I love star Trek !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EveryTrip2]

I'm a HARDCORE STAR TREK fan and I can say that this movie made me cry.. in a very good way. The USS Kelvin scene made me cry like a baby. I'm sure when i get the DVD on November 17th I'll still cry. Overall I loved this movie and oh btw I've been a Trekkie for over 15 years.

[luigi19987]

it is peole like ithurtswhenisleep who need to be turned then we can all get back to normality

[voiceofopinion]

If there is anything wrong with this movie, please tell me, I missed it. I saw nearly no flaws, maybe some little thing here and there. I'm not a big fan of the pairing that occurred, but that was IT. I am so overjoyed, I can't wait to reserve a DVD!

[OphidianOracle]

Storyline was great. Why? Because it does two things.

1: It comes up with a new storyline that does rejuvinate the franchise.

2: It come up with a new storyline that does not change anything for the lovers of the old.

They are two wholly different and coexisting time lines. Good stuff.

[MIIAIIRIIK]

It did have a lot of noise, colour, people falling off of things and stuff.

[suryalinaten10]

Brilliant. I can't wait for the next film, and I'm desperately hoping there'd be tons more of Bones.

[chris7urban2]

if any fan says they dont like this movie, then they must not be a real fan

[bambarby]

not a fan, but i watched it like 5 times.

[Sammychannel]

An EXTRAORDINARY movie. im not even a fan of star trek. i loved this movie

[WaltDisneyMovieFREAK]

this my sound weird but im younger than 20 and i love Star trek! ive watched all my life! i love TOS and this movie ROX!! i have watched all TOS episodes and most of TNG! so im obsessed!

the movie was out of this world XD!!

[ItHurtsWhenISleep]

You can thumbs down us all you want, Abrams-lovers, the new movies sucks. Period.

[gacpro001]

They ruined Star Trek, I am very disappointed with this movie.

[orangesoda1624]

he sounds way to fake. like he's reading off of a paper

[jinto1980]

I liked it but its completely AU. I'll never accept it as cannon but that doesn't stop me from giving it credit for being one of the best movies i've seen in years top 5 at least minus HP movies.

[torpedoscott]

well to be honest with you, jj has fucked up star trek. He has changed the time line this changes star trek altogether which is a stupid thing to do. He has done this to suit his needs of an unimaganitive director. He has tried to reboot the franchise and in my opinion failed. for the next film we need new director with more imagination and also new writers. JJ HAS BASICALLY TOOK EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT STAR TREK RAPED IT AND PUT IT IN A BOX TO DIE. SORRY FOR MY GRAMMAR

[SempleStudios]

He didn't f*** Star Trek up Mr. Dictionary, he just did it differenly. Just because it doesn't have lame humour, terrible stories of The Original and Next Generation doesn't mean it's a bad movie. I agree that it could have been more intellectual like Deep Space Nine and Voyager, but it was still a highly enjoyable movie experience.

[SempleStudios]

This movie was better than The Original Series, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, but Voyager and Enterprise are still better.

[amcadam26]

I'm a long time fan from watching TNG when I was a teenager to the following series', this film doesn't destroy anything in the original, it merely puts the new films inot a different time line. The old trek is still valid and it's not like time travel and parallel realities have never been used before in Trek, it's been done many times. I presonally loved the movie and thinks it's the kick in the ass it needed to move trek back into the mainstream after the last few series made it too fan based

[Link4587452]

This made me see the movie, and seeing the movie made me a Star Trek fan. Looks like Star Wars is going to have to make some room.

[ishbaclay]

I am not a Star Trek fan. I watched a few of the Next Generations and Deep Space Nine when I was younger but never loved the series. None of the Star Trek shows never intrigued me to be fan (well, 7 of 9 from Voyager caught for a moment).

Establishing I am not a Trekie. I wasn't planning to watch this movie until a few friends convince me to watch it and.....

'Oly Sheet, it was near flawless!!!

This movie was freaking awesome.

[sabata60]

wow the new star trek blew me away from the word go.i got all the films and box sets from the original tv shows plus star trek next genaration.but this one is a got to watch film for old fans and new ones alike action packed good well done to the new actors and looking forward to getting the dvd when it comes out 10 out of 10 just when you thort you had seen it all..live long and prosper..

[ffcloud321]

I liked it, but I did feel that the pure coincidence of what was happening seemed a little out of place, but who am I to complain, I was on the edge of my seat when Captain Kirk from the original series fought a rubber dinosaur man. Gotta love weed, and this Movie.

[albee1000]

Man, I didn't realize that was Tyler Perry!

'Course, he wasn't wearing a dress, so ...

[drkvenger]

All I can say is this is the Star Trek epic film I've been waiting for. This is one is more than worthy of being called the best of the series by far. JJ Abrams has just raised the bar - I hope that he's able to do a sequel on the scale of the Dark Knight.

[Conan568]

This movie was great, and I've watched Star Trek since it began.

This is how it's done Hollywood.

[star2954]

My mother has been a ST fan since the beginning and our family has grown up with the different versions in our house. We all loved it. I've only seen my mom cry at two other movies, this was the third. I loved every minute of it. I really cant wait to see it again, and I'm praying that JJ continues this series, cause these characters are too good to leave to just one movie.

[simonsquirrelthewhit]

it tries hard, and i give it merit for that.

but to tell the truth i don't really know what a rally good star trek movie looks like anyway.

i fell it takes the batman music score and bites it like a misquito to try to appeal.

[MazeleyFanClub]

"A big convoluted mess, made only to appeal to broad audiences." You hit the nail on the head. I can't believe this movie gets 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, I can't believe how poor popular taste has become. Even if Star Trek had never existed prior to this movie, I'd still say it was a shallow mess. It's a 2-hour carnival ride with cliche situations and writing. Abrams is a hack, he should have stuck to Lost. This movie is a shallow parody of Star Trek, a slap in the face to Gene Roddenberry.

[BadVideoReview]

Guess you can kiss your career as a movie reviewer goodby, pinhead.

[leeroynaggins]

Hate to say it, but I have to agree. The film looks good (except for the strange low tech engineering level), the actors fit well as the classic characters.

But yes, the story simply made NO SENSE, there were way too many coincidences and plot holes (filled with red matter).

And overall I got the sense of watching a Saturday morning cartoon (not the Trek one). The "enemy" and his Armani wearing crew were just typical blue meanies out for revenge.

This is basically "Titan A.E."

[bregshivaffxi]

I totally disagree. J.J Abrams pulled stories out of all the ST canon to make this work. The Spock- Romulan ambassador line came directly from Next Generation. The bad guys looked like something from Next Gen too. The actors playing the characters did so with varying degrees of success, but it was nice to see the old characters dusted off and brought back into the spotlight again. They are from a time when acting was theatrical, and writing was prized and not politicized.

[gutiep]

I have been a Star Trek fan all my life, watched the original series when it first came out in the 60's. Also saw the other movies and series. I can truly say that the 2009 version is a great representation and tribute to the spirit of Star Trek. Wimpy note: No film has ever made me cry at the beginning, middle and end. I'm so glad my kids came along to watch it with me, they loved it, too. I loved every bit of it! Can't wait to get the Blu-Ray and see the sequels!

[Newgothic]

Me too and I soooo agree!!

[jaydglass]

Dang straight

[turnitupproductions]

I am a diehard ST fan, and it was fucking amazing.

[CarbonDioxide1990]

gonna go today to watch this film, finally finished most of my exams yeeeikes this film is wicked can't wait btw show is in 3 hours wohooo

[TheDeistAngle]

To put it bluntly, Urban knocked Mccoy out of the park. the characters were new and very familliar at the same time.

[elevadon]

it needed moar lens flare.

[pureshadowwolf]

As far from what I can tell, Trekkies and people who are new or casual fans of the Star Trek series seemed to have enjoyed the new film. I've seen it twice already and at the beginning of the credits, in both theaters, the audience broke into extremely euphoric clapping. Pure give aways that this movie is well liked.

To all who enjoyed this film, Live long and Prosper.

[archman1967]

This film is on it's way to become the highest grossing film of the year due to one huge factor... word of mouth.

I saw Wolverine, Star Trek, and Angels & Demons. By far, Star Trek is the best movie so far, and will most likely be this summer's blockbuster.

[RupertTravis]

In my life only two sci-fi films have affected me so much that I can still remember where I sat.

2001 -A Space Oddysey. Back in the 60s. Psychedelic or what? I still don't know what it was all about. I still wonder to this day.

Star Wars, in 1977. The cinema shook as those spaceships flew overhead. I was dumbstruck. It was a whole new galaxy come to life.

And now -Star Trek. While James T. Kirk is born, his father saves 800 lives. I am in awe of this film. It is truly, utterly fantastic.

[freid001]

this film was and A* film For every one including trekkies. However i do have to say that although this film was brilliant i still think that star trek 2 and 8 were better that this film but this will i belive has A good slide positon as the 3rd best star trek film defeinaty in the top 3 films

[hikergate]

The plot was average at best. Basically the director said "I am not going to have the gonads to make my own space opera with my own ideas, so I am going to take this Star Trek label I know I can make money with, bastardize it with timeline hocus pocus,violating Trek history and basic science, and voila I have something to make a soulless profit for the summer" . The movie is mostly fluff. Wait till the DVD or TV & save your money kiddies.

[shaney140]

yes, but the reason for the alternate timeline was that we already knew what happened after the movie because of tos, now anything can happen in the sequels...

[brtshstel]

I have always beem a TNG-style fan because I'm younger, but the story of First Contact revitalized my interest in the TOS series and films.

[krazie835]

Just a little tid bit, but the movie is both a sequel and a prequel. Since both Old Spock and the Romulans are from the future and they are part of the original time line.

[VengaboysRbackINtown]

I thought this was a top film, very entertaining. I used to enjoy the old series (all of them really) but by Enterprise it was getting a bit stale IMO. This has re-energised the series for me. Check out Deep Space Nine if you can, it was my personal fave.

[Kaibaman21]

I absolutely loved this film the whole time travel aspects was amazing and explained why everthing is so differnt brilliant

[freshgeek89]

As a fan, this movie didn't meet my expectations, IT BLEW THEM AWAY!!!!

[78Bigtank]

i loved it F cking awesome!!!!!

[hypertreb]

Looks Interesting

[themovieguys101]

great review man :D

[Avian005IsJustice]

I am a die hard fan. I own all five Star Trek series, the first ten films, and models of each Enterprise. I just recently bought Star Trek: TOS Season 1 on Blu-ray.

I absolutly loved the film.

[pezzwatoosh717]

I'm a die hard fan all around, I thought this movie was INCREDIBLE!

[TourqeGlare]

original trek is here on youtube.

[AGentertainment]

I know, that's awesome. I'm definitely going to check 'em out.

[moralapostel]

I consider myself a Star Trek fan: And yes, i liked it. It wasn't perfect, and maybe in some aspects even a bit shallow, BUT it was incredibly entertaining and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Especially the superb acting has to be mentioned. The whole cast did a wonderful job.

[lokenovez]

treky

[Freaksho9oh]

it was ok

[geekyvince]

it was entertaining and was better then I thought it would be. I have been watching star trek for years.

[FireFighter214]

I consider myself a big Star Trek fan. And I loved it.

[pete667]

I watched the original Star Trek first so it all seems fairly familiar. Im lookin forward to seeyin this on saturday.

[DictatorOfWaR]

It was a good movie I will give JJ Abrams that, but in my opinion, trying to appeal to the broader audience was this movies downfall and the storyline, especially the events at the end systematically alienated die hard Stark Trek fans as myself and obliterated the whole Star Trek Continium and altered events in Star Trek lore that were key just to make their own universe so they can have breathing room from continuity. That in and of itself is my main gripe. Other than that, it is watchable.

[WaffleAfterHours]

Next Gen was and will always be my favorite Star Trek series but I will watch this film with an open mind

[AGentertainment]

I only brought up Next Generation because it wast the only Star Trek I was exposed to growing up, but I know it is a different series than the original...

[WaffleAfterHours]

I know. I wasn't complaining.

[AGentertainment]

Didn't say you were :)

[WaffleAfterHours]

Oh, sorry :P

[ShiniWolf]

I'd never watched the series, and I went in there thinking I'd be bored out of my mind for 2 hours. But as you said, it held my attention, and it subtley brings you up to speed with all the different characters. In short, I loved it!

Great movie!

[GruntSoldiers]

Awesome review. Totally pumped to see it this weekend.

[korwinblue]

I'm a lifelong trekkie, and I loved this movie.

[Sorrki]

Great Review.

[sikert]

im not a fan ether but i liked it

[mamba5445]

well i think that this movie fucks the original series in the ass (and not the good ass fuck lol)

i wont say how but.. why did they do that?

[FireFart179]

without reasons you are just an idiot who thinks his rant is good.

[hikergate]

you got that right! This sucked hairy goatballs!

[clanmlb]

nicely done